Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine, Belarus leaders mark Chernobyl anniversary
The leaders of Ukraine and Belarus have toured the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, marking the 31st anniversary of the disaster. Debate continues over the death toll from radiation poisoning in the region. …read more Source:...
Ukraine PM fumes after raid on investment bank
Kiev: Ukraine’s prime minister lashed out on Wednesday at the security service for conducting a surprise search at the headquarters of the country’s largest investment bank. Dragon Capital said the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) seized its computers as part of a court-approved investigation into the use of unlicensed software. The...
Ukraine PM fumes after raid on largest investment bank
Dragon Capital said the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) seized its computers as part of a court-approved investigation into the use of unlicensed software. …read more Source: World...
German Die Linke Lawmaker Denies Claims of Being Paid for Visiting Crimea
SIMFEROPOL (Sputnik) – The chairman of the German Left Party (Die Linke) parliamentary faction in the town of Quakenbrueck, Andreas Maurer, said Wednesday that his opponents’ claims that he was paid to visit Crimea were lies. “In Germany, my opponents are trying to discredit our visits to Crimea, claiming that I get paid for it. This is a...
German Lawmaker Says Ukraine’s 2014 Coup ‘Organized by West’
SIMFEROPOL (Sputnik) — The state coup in Ukraine in 2014 was organized by the West, member of Germany’s ruling party Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Willy Wimmer said on Wednesday. Wimmer is currently visiting Crimea as a member of a delegation of lawmakers and businesspeople from Germany and Austria. “What happened in Ukraine in 2014,...
Israel’s annual Flyover: a favorite for both citizens and pilots
Major “G”, an immigrant from Ukraine talks to The Jerusalem Post before his first flyover. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine, Belarus leaders visit Chernobyl to mark anniversary
The presidents of Ukraine and Belarus toured Wednesday the site of the Chernobyl plant to mark 31 years since the world’s worst civil nuclear accident spewed radiation across Europe …read more Source: The Daily...
Kiev Concerned by Reports US Might Slash Financial Aid
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — On Monday, Foreign Policy magazine, citing a Department of State budget document, reported that the United States was considering cutting Ukraine financial aid by some 68.8 percent. “The Embassy is concerned with the information in American press on the United States Administration’s budget proposals that may envisage...
Politics: The Russians are using ‘a new style of attack’ against France’s frontrunner candidate
A hacking group linked to Russia's military intelligence apparatus has begun taking aim at France's centrist presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron. A hacking group linked by cybersecurity experts to Russia’s military intelligence apparatus has begun taking aim at France’s centrist presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron,...
Politics: The elite Russian hackers taking aim at the West have a ‘deadly’ and ‘unprecedented’ new tool in their arsenal
A hacking group linked to Russia's military intelligence apparatus has begun taking aim at France's centrist presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron. A hacking group linked by cybersecurity experts to Russia’s military intelligence apparatus has begun taking aim at France’s centrist presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron,...
